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Tue, 03 Mar 2015 20:18:20 GMT2015-03-03T20:18:20Z'It's the way you talk to them.' The child's environment: early years practitioners' perceptions of its influence on speech and language development, its assessment and environment targeted interventionshttp://hdl.handle.net/2173/345159
Title: 'It's the way you talk to them.' The child's environment: early years practitioners' perceptions of its influence on speech and language development, its assessment and environment targeted interventions
Authors: Marshall, J.; Lewis, E.
Abstract: Speech and language delay occurs in approximately 6% of the child population, and interventions to support this group of children focus on the child and/or the communicative environment. Evidence about the effectiveness of interventions that focus on the environment as well as the (reported) practices of speech and language therapists (SLTs) and other Early Years Practitioners (EYPs) in this regard are limited. One-to-one, semi-structured interviews were carried out with 12 EYPs from one city in North England in order to reveal their beliefs about the impact of the child’s environment on language development and how they report assessing and intervening where they have concerns about child language development, in children aged from birth to 5;11 (5 years, 11 months). Interviews were analysed thematically. Results are presented as three themes: (1) environmental influences on language development (people, physical objects, experiences and opportunities, the auditory environment); (2) assessment of the child’s environment, including how and what assessment is carried out; and (3) the interventions provided, including what interventions (interaction with children, the physical environment and play) and how they are carried out (strategies, individualization of intervention, sensitivity and modelling). Implications for services are discussed, including increasing parental awareness of the importance of early language input, the perceived value of home-based assessment, sensitivity in referral and individualized interventions. There remains a need to test out practitioners’ expressed beliefs and practices and their impact on child language outcomes.
Description: Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in Child Language Teaching and Therapy, published by and copyright Sage Publications Ltd.Tue, 24 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2173/3451592015-02-24T00:00:00ZSport and leisure historieshttp://hdl.handle.net/2173/345173
Title: Sport and leisure histories
Authors: Day, Dave (ed.)
Abstract: The work opens with a chapter from historian Melanie Tebbutt on the development of the outdoor movement in post-First World War Britain and its relevance in dealing with some of the traumas experienced in that period. Mike Huggins then provides the reader with a comprehensive coverage of the historiography of sport and leisure dealing with the North-West of England and this is followed by three chapters dealing, in turn, with the relationship between Freemasonry and association football (Diane Clements), the sporting experiences of British prisoners of war in the Korean War (Grace Huxford) and pantomime in Victorian Manchester (Claire Robinson). Douglas Hope returns to the outdoors in his chapter on the Co-operative Holidays Association and Jeff Hill takes a regional focus in his chapter on leisure, politics and the Conservative party. The cricketer Sydney Barnes is the subject of a discussion by Mark Rowe before Keith Myerscough takes the reader to Blackpool and the Prince of Wales baths. The final two chapters deal with golf in Hertfordshire (Julie Moore) and the fictional athlete, Wilson of the Wizard (John Bale). Taken together these papers highlight the richness and multiplicity of sporting and leisure experiences.
Description: This collection of short papers on aspects of sport and leisure history has its origins in two North-West British Society of Sports History regional symposia hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University on its Crewe campus in November 2012 and May 2013. The contributors come from many different backgrounds and include some of Britain’s leading academic sports and leisure historians alongside early career researchers and independent scholars in the field of sports and leisure history.Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2173/3451732013-01-01T00:00:00ZDelineating professional and amateur athletic bodies in Victorian Englandhttp://hdl.handle.net/2173/345172
Title: Delineating professional and amateur athletic bodies in Victorian England
Authors: Day, Dave; Oldfield, Samantha-Jayne
Abstract: By 1837, the sporting landscape of England was populated by a number of
professional pedestrians who competed in a range of events that were
extensively covered in the sporting press. These men distinguished themselves
from their competitors through their use of ‘colours’ and a range of
different athletic clothing. In the later stages of the nineteenth century, the
dominance of the professional athlete was challenged through the formation
of clubs and associations by a public-school- and university-educated
middle class. The somatotype and clothing strategies of the Victorian athlete
altered as a result. Their assumption of an innate physical superiority,
allied to a preference for the all-rounder with his elegance and style, rather
than the muscular, specialized sporting bodies of working-class professionals,
were important features of an amateur ethos which drew much of its
references from the Classical world. Through a discussion of how middle-class
amateur athletes used Classical precedents, science and clothing to create the
‘university athlete’ and the ‘university costume’, in order to reinforce the
distinctions between their own bodies and those of the professionals, this paper
explores the transition from pedestrianism to organized athletics.
Description: Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in Sport in history, published by and copyright Routledge.Mon, 01 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2173/3451722014-12-01T00:00:00ZFA Cup success, football infrastructure and the establishment of Manchester’s footballing identityhttp://hdl.handle.net/2173/345171
Title: FA Cup success, football infrastructure and the establishment of Manchester’s footballing identity
Authors: James, Gary; Day, Dave
Abstract: Contemporary Manchester is recognized internationally as a footballing city, with both Manchester United and Manchester City acknowledged as prominent clubs. However, the city has not always been a force in the game, nor has the game always been important across Manchester’s social spectrum. This paper examines how Manchester first became established as a footballing city, identifying that success in the FA Cup in 1904 stimulated interest in the game and considers how the legacy of that victory enabled the game to develop in terms of participation and spectating. It also considers the social mix of attendees at professional games in the city, and closes by concluding that footballing success generated increased interest and was the catalyst for improvement in the infrastructure for both participation and attendance, enabling Manchester’s footballing identity to become established.
Description: Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in Soccer & society, published by and copyright Routledge.Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2173/3451712014-01-01T00:00:00Z